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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar Drives Renewables Past Thermal in India’s Power Mix

Solar power accounted for 26.5% of India’s total installed power capacity and 52.7% of the total installed renewable energy capacity as of December 2025. Solar...

February 3, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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MENA Weekly Roundup: Nextpower Arabia to Supply 2.25 GWp Trackers to L&T

Nextpower Arabia, the newly formed joint venture between Nextpower and Abunayyan Holding, announced it will supply 2.25 GWp of advanced solar tracking systems to Larsen...

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Shreyas Sortex Industries Wins NVVN’s 250 MW/500 MWh BESS Auction

Shreyas Sortex  Industries has won NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam’s (NVVN) auction to set up a 250 MW/500 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kerala. The...

February 2, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar, EVs and Manufacturing Receive Boost in Budget 2026

The Union Budget 2026–27 placed clean energy and manufacturing at the center of India’s growth strategy, unveiling targeted outlays, customs duty rationalization, and...

February 2, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up

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Luminous Enters Li-ion Battery Manufacturing with 500 MWh Assembly Line

Gurgaon-based energy solutions provider Luminous Power Technologies has inaugurated its first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery assembly line at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh....

January 30, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Manufacturing
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Underbidding in Battery Energy Storage Auctions Raises Questions Over Project Viability

In recent standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) auctions, several companies have won projects at tariffs below the levelized cost of storage (LCOS), signaling...

January 30, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Energy Storage

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Mercom Research Focus
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Madhya Pradesh Invites Bids for 1.5 GWh Standalone BESS Projects

Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company (MPPMCL) has invited bids to set up 750 MW/1.5 GWh (two units of 250 MW/500 MWh and two units of 125 MW/250 MWh) of standalone...

January 28, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions
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Juniper Green Commissions 100 MWh Merchant BESS

Independent power producer Juniper Green Energy has fully commissioned a merchant battery energy storage system (BESS) with a total capacity of 100 MWh at Bikaner in...

January 28, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Energy Storage

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Large Scale
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POWERGRID Invites Bids to Set Up 125 MW/500 MWh BESS in Chhattisgarh

Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has invited bids to set up a 125 MW/500 MWh state transmission unit-connected standalone battery energy storage system (BESS)...

January 28, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions
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POWERGRID Invites Bids to Set Up 500 MWh BESS in Tamil Nadu

Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has issued tenders to set up 25 MW/100 MWh and 100 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across Tamil Nadu....

January 27, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions
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Chidambaranar Port Authority Invites Bids for 8 MW Wind Project with BESS

V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority (VOCPA) has invited bids for the design, engineering, supply, installation, and commissioning of an 8 MW wind project with a 5 MWh...

January 27, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions
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TCIL Invites Bids for 2 MW Rooftop Solar-BESS Project in Mauritius

Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL) has invited bids for the installation of grid-connected hybrid rooftop solar systems with a cumulative capacity of 2 MW,...

January 27, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Global Corporate Solar Funding Fell 16% YoY in 2025

The total global corporate solar funding dropped by 16% year-over-year (YoY) with $22.2 billion raised in 175 deals, compared to $26.3 billion in 157 deals in 2024,...

January 23, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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C&I Power Procurement Shifts to Open Access and Rooftop Solar Amid Rising Tariffs

Rising electricity tariffs and evolving regulations are pushing India’s commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers to rethink how they procure power. Businesses are...

January 23, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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C&I

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Solar
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POWERGRID Invites Bids to Select Partner for 1.5 GWh BESS in Tamil Nadu

Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has invited bids to set up 375 MW/1,500 MWh standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in seven locations in Tamil Nadu....

January 22, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions

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